Agony & Ivy

I turned 41 on April 1 and I can't think of a better birthday present than the one my wife, Denise, gave me this year - three tickets to this year's Opening Day game between the Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field.

My friend and colleague, Steve Rhodes, found my post regarding the proposed Toyota sign behind the left-field bleachers jarring to his sensibilities. So jarring, in fact, that he said it would be like somebody posting on his Beachwood Reporter site: "Mayor Daley is great and is doing a wonderful job!"

"There are ads behind home plate, in the dugouts, on the green doors of the outfield walls and in arrow electronic bands in the upper deck," the Sun-Timesnotes. "The Chicago Board Options Exchange has its initials on the brick wall in front of premium seats along the third-base line."